MONEY TALKS REAL LOUD

**** Conference expansion is over . For now . For a few moments we saw the true face of college sport . It is all about the money .

You can forget all that Shinola about student - athletes, tradition. & love of the school . Those things are dumped when it comes to making a dollar .

The conferences want more teams to increase TV market which translates into more TV money .The fact that these conferences make no geographic sense is meaningless

I think they need to contract rather than expand . Forget those conference championship games . The SEC is the only one that makes big money . And how many teams are there that have national TV appeal ? 7 or 8 at the most .

Also no conference championship game is one less hurdle to jump on the path to the National Title .

**** I don't see the Celtics winning tonight . The Laker Bigs should be too much for Boston to deal with without Perkins .

Phil Jackson is the most successful coach in professional sports . Yes ; He always had great players . News Flash ; everyone who wins has great players . You can't win without them .

Doc Rivers must have some mightly bad Karma . To have to depend on Rasheed Wallace in a championship game is tough. Just think if Phil had to trust in Ron Artest .

**** Did LBJ diss Tom Izzo ? Yes , he did . Was Izzo correct in saying no to Cleveland ? Yes , he was .

Izzo learned that in the college world the coaches are the movers & shakers . In the NBA the coach is just a guy who is going to get fired . Most likely two seasons after being Coach of the Year.

Would Byron Scott be a better choice ? Yes ! Scott played in the NBA . He has coached two NBA teams , & been to the finals as a coach .Scott has more Street Cred.

Izzy ; When your star player won't take your call it really tees you off . When You call those Michigan State boys they come running . Stay in college Izzy .

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